Police: Suspect at fault for accomplice's death

A suspect who police say was an accomplice to a man who was fatally stabbed during a home invasion robbery last month was arrested Monday and is being held responsible for his accomplice's death.

Police say Michael Fitzgerald, 25, and Antonio Heath, 24, broke into a home at 354 Hampshire Drive in Hamilton the night of June 12. When police responded to the scene, they found Heath dead of a stab wound.

Investigators determined the person who stabbed Heath was the victim of the home invasion robbery and had done so in self-defense, according to a news release from Hamilton police.

Police arrested Fitzgerald Monday at about 6 p.m. Police say that as an accomplice to the crime which resulted in Heath's death, he is at fault, according to the release. He is being held at the Butler County Jail on one count each of murder, robbery and aggravated robbery, according to jail records.

Fitzgerald was arraigned Tuesday morning in the Hamilton Municipal Court.